The human cost of three sea disasters involving ships captained by men from Crosby, Blundellsands and Waterloo is on show in Liverpool.
Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, looks at the trio of catastrophes that shook the world between 1912 and 1915.
Fascinating exhibits, displays and films draw visitors into each tragedy, revealing details of personal suffering as well as individuals surviving the wrecks.
Titanic became the most famous shipwreck in seafaring history when she was sunk by an iceberg on her maiden voyage in April 1912 resulting in 1,500 deaths.
One of those involved in the disaster was Captain Edward Smith, who lived in Cambridge Road and Marine Crescent, Waterloo.
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